Bastards was originally scheduled to be released by Warner Bros. on January 27, 2017. In January 2017, the film was removed from the release schedule. It was later moved from January 27, 2017 to December 22, 2017. On September 15, 2017, the film was renamed from Bastards to Father Figures.

Looks like it was moved from January 27th to December 22nd and got retitled. There also appear to be a reshoot done in April.

It’s a bit sweary for a U rated film for some reason, I think Disney got a special dispensation in the 80s. I remember even at the time my friend who is a cinema manager wondering how they got ‘shit’ and ‘bastard’ into a U rating, that has to give you a PG.

Maybe the BBFC guy fell asleep. I often wonder that with some of the censors here, they are incredibly inconsistent at the best of times but ‘no nudity’ is a golden rule whatever the rating. I watched ‘The Constant Gardener’ and somehow a stray nipple got past them in a bath scene.

It’s a bit sweary for a U rated film for some reason, I think Disney got a special dispensation in the 80s. I remember even at the time my friend who is a cinema manager wondering how they got ‘shit’ and ‘bastard’ into a U rating, that has to give you a PG.

Yes, I noticed that the last time I put it on. Short Circuit is the same, an all-ages family movie in which the word “bullshit” is thrown about quite a few times. (That was at least PG-rated though.)

Yes, I noticed that the last time I put it on. Short Circuit is the same, an all-ages family movie in which the word “bullshit” is thrown about quite a few times. (That was at least PG-rated though.)

A lot of 80s films are a lot looser with that stuff, Goonies and Ghostbusters are a bit sweary but as you say at least they got a PG. They also let bits of nudity sneak into PG films that they wouldn’t now (Jewel of the Nile is an example).

I can’t say I have watched every movie to check but that’s the only one I can ever remember getting a U with language like that in it. I checked the BBFC and they’ve renewed the classification a few times for VHS and DVD releases and left it the same though.

On the strategic thing my daughter loves a Chvrches song that has one line that goes ‘when it’s all fucked up’ and I just cough loudly every time it reaches that bit.

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MIB without Smith sounds like a terrible idea, but we’ll see. It can’t be much worse than the other sequels.